Memories

doc8404

9 months ago

We don't need these fancy watches. The simple ones are fine. And phones are ubiquitous, for better or for worse. But we love these watches for other reasons. For me - I'm fascinated by them as little pieces of engineering and history. And I love the memories I associate with them.

This weekend I got to reunite in 29 Palms, California with the Marines I served with 23 years ago. I was their Corpsman, "doc". Seeing my Marines again, and hearing them still call me "doc" filled my heart. It was as if no time had passed at all, except that a lot had, and we're all heavier or grayer or bald, now. And none of that mattered. We celebrated who we were then, who we are now, and shared some hilarious stories.

I wore my Seamaster Diver 300 to the reunion and managed to find a DW-5600 in the base exchange. So a head full of cherished memories and a new G-Shock came home with me.

Here are a few photos of the watches, my Marines, a fellow Corpsman, and me - smiling with a full heart.

(Footnote: The US Marines have no medics. They borrow them all from the Navy - Hospital Corpsmen. I served from 1996 - 2003 in the US, Japan, Kuwait, and Iraq, and there was a G-Shock of one sort or another on my wrist the whole time.)

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